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From: rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky)
Subject: Re: compiling APL ?
Message-ID: <1992Jun14.180518.21811@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM>
Keywords: apl compiler
Reply-To: rbe@yrloc.ipsa.reuter.COM (Robert Bernecky)
Organization: Snake Island Research Inc, Toronto
References: <victor.708267238@techunix.technion.ac.il> <BppsJz.98B@math.waterloo.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 92 18:05:18 GMT

In article <BppsJz.98B@math.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@math.waterloo.edu (L. J. Dickey) writes:
>
>In article <victor.708267238@techunix.technion.ac.il> Victor
>	(victor@techunix.technion.ac.il) wrote:
>>
>>What is  state of the art in  compiling APL? 
>
>I have heard about six projects:
>
>(1) Work by Driscoll & Orth at IBM.  This has become a commercial
>    product marketed by Interprocess Systems.
>
>
>(3) Work by Aiden Falkoff at IBM.  (is this rumour or truth?).

(1) and (3) are the same project. Adin (sp) was responsible for the
project which D&O did.


>
>(4) STSC has a compiler for customers who use their mainframe product.
>    I think this was largely Clark Wiedman's work.

I don't know if STSC (Manugistics...) still markets this product.

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